St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-27
1t Was Formally Brought Into
Existence at Chicago
Yesterday.
1t Will Include Eight Clubs at:
as Many Different
Cities.
St. Louis Wins the Final
Game for the Worlds II
Championship. Is
The Races at Washington
The General Record Of
Sporting Events. /.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe. "a
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-The Western as
ISOLATION of professional base ball clubs
was organized in this city to-day. The
association will consist of clubs from
Chicago, st. Louis, Des Moines, Mime
apOlis, st. Paul, Omaha, Kansas City
and Milwaukee. The promoters of this
new association are Samuel g. Morton,
OF Chicago; L. j. Lotus, of st. Louis:
E. G. Briggs, of Omaha; L. E. Menzes,
of Kansas City; James A. Hart, of Mil
waukee; A. M. Thompson, of st.
Paul; r. o. Foster, of Minneapolis,
and G. NJ. Sherman, of Des MOines;
These gentlemen met at the fremont
house and made Mr.. Menzes, of Kansas
City, temporary chairman, and Samuel
q. Morton secretary. For several
hours they discussed a constitution. 1t
was decided that each club should put
up guarantee fund of 81 500. The en-
gagement of umpires was left to the
board of directors, Any umpire can be
removed by a vote of twO-thirds OF the
clubs. Drunkenness or dishonesty
will also disQualify him. Other
details were also decided upon.
Samuel G. Morton, of Chicago, was.
ton, and MeSSrs. Sherman of Des
MOines, Thompson of st. Paul. Hart of
Milwaukee and MenZes of Kansas City
were elected as directors. MessrS.
Thompson, Hart and Morton were
chosen to arrange schedule after the
league and American association agree
upon dates. President Morton and Di-
rector MenZeS were authorized to attend
the next meeting of the national arbi-
trati0n committee. After adopting the
Spalding ball and agreeing to put up
$1,000 each by April l, the association
adjourned.
DELEGATE FOSTER,
of Minneapolis, saidthiS association was
going to be very strong association.
having eight of the finest clubs in the
country. The Western league will get
the same protection as the National
league and will be able to hold their
players. The Northwestern league is
practically dissolved, he said, from and
after to-day, although they all expect
that minor league will be formed, in
Guiding Oshkosh, Duluth, La Crosse
and Eau Claire, Oshkosh made very
strong efforts, Mr.. Foster said, to Join
the Western league, but the proposition
was not concurred in by a majority of
the delegates present. Oshkosh, he
Sdlu, lOSG SSU,UUU I!llS year. AlCilOugn
they have all the money they want, an
alliance with the Western league would
weaken it, and for that reason alone
Oshkosh is debarred. The managers OF
the new league, Iar. Foster said, hope
to accomplish good deal next season,
and see rosy financial future before
them which they do not want to spread
over too wide an area. Milwaukee, st.
Paul, Minneapolis and DeS MoineS are
at the present time
MEMBERS OF TWO leagues
1t is understood, however, that these
four towns will in few days send in
their designations to the Northwestern
league. just what Duluth and La
Crosse will do remains to be seen. Man
ager Selee, of Oshkosh, said to-day that
if that town was dropped he would take
Lovett, the champion pitcher, and go
elsewhere with him. The Eau Claire rep
resentative, who is a lawyer, threatened
the secederS with the stron hand of
justice. He assumes that when Hart,
Foster, Thompson and Sherman retire
the franchises of Milwaukee, Mime
apoliS and st. Paul will remain in the
hands and at the disposal of Eau Claire,
La Crosse, Duluth and Oshkosh. In
other words, Eau Claire's lawyer holds
that the tail will be there to wag the
dog, although the dog has skipped.